稠
chóu HSK7

dense

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjuw[d]riwdense, thick
Zhengzhangdɯw
Unicodedjhiou

說文解字

多也。从禾周聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)